Mindcr0w wrote: »

Alright chaps.

After some extremely quick and dirty testing with two slightly different gear setups on my Sorc 2 pet HA build I am happy to report that HA builds not only aren't "fried", but in some cases may have actually lost less than other builds.

Now I call these initial tests quick and dirty for several reasons:

1.) Parsing in the days right after a major patch is always a bit off due to server issues.
2.) I did not parse with each setup repeatedly to get a "perfect parse". I just went in did a quick one and done with each to get a feel for things and called it a day.
3.) Certain things on my character were not yet optimized for the current patch. For example I am still in only 5 pieces of light armor.

So keeping all these things in mind it should be possible to squeeze at least a few k more dps out under better circumstances.

Ok, so I tested with my two favorite pre-patch gear setups:

1) Zaan+Medusa+Infall for mobile fights.

2) Zaan + Medusa + Siroria for fights where Siroria is usable.

My pre-patch best ever parse with Setup 1 was 93k. Post patch I hit 87k. A drop of only 6.5%. I believe this to be a significantly lower drop than what most players are reporting, which I believe to be in the 10-20% range on average. (Someone correct me if I am wrong here)

My best pre-patch with Setup 2 was 101k. Post patch I hit 90k. A 10.9% drop which is more in line with the average drop, but still somewhat on the lower side.

Now obviously the stronger setup lost more and is closer to the weaker setup than it used to be. This could be due to several things. Siroria being a very spell damage heavy set is being hit very hard by the diminishing returns caused by our higher spell damage pools. Higher end builds may have been hit harder than more mid tier builds. Or a combination of the two.

Either way, all things considered I'd say HA builds can maintain their niche in this strange new CP 2.0 world as long as we are willing to adapt.

Mindcr0w wrote: »

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

If that's intended behavior, you're right -- the whole build concept is fried.

Alright chaps.

After some extremely quick and dirty testing with two slightly different gear setups on my Sorc 2 pet HA build I am happy to report that HA builds not only aren't "fried", but in some cases may have actually lost less than other builds.

Now I call these initial tests quick and dirty for several reasons:

1.) Parsing in the days right after a major patch is always a bit off due to server issues.
2.) I did not parse with each setup repeatedly to get a "perfect parse". I just went in did a quick one and done with each to get a feel for things and called it a day.
3.) Certain things on my character were not yet optimized for the current patch. For example I am still in only 5 pieces of light armor.

So keeping all these things in mind it should be possible to squeeze at least a few k more dps out under better circumstances.

Ok, so I tested with my two favorite pre-patch gear setups:

1) Zaan+Medusa+Infall for mobile fights.

2) Zaan + Medusa + Siroria for fights where Siroria is usable.

My pre-patch best ever parse with Setup 1 was 93k. Post patch I hit 87k. A drop of only 6.5%. I believe this to be a significantly lower drop than what most players are reporting, which I believe to be in the 10-20% range on average. (Someone correct me if I am wrong here)

My best pre-patch with Setup 2 was 101k. Post patch I hit 90k. A 10.9% drop which is more in line with the average drop, but still somewhat on the lower side.

Now obviously the stronger setup lost more and is closer to the weaker setup than it used to be. This could be due to several things. Siroria being a very spell damage heavy set is being hit very hard by the diminishing returns caused by our higher spell damage pools. Higher end builds may have been hit harder than more mid tier builds. Or a combination of the two.

Either way, all things considered I'd say HA builds can maintain their niche in this strange new CP 2.0 world as long as we are willing to adapt.